To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative——not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them.The reputation comes partly from their 1 .For 900 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except in 1649

　　4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政体) survives 6 serious question.Under its normal 7 the political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.

　　1.A.language B.future C.history D.literature

　　2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds

　　3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either

　　4.A.too B.but C.or D.and

　　5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war

　　6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither

　　7.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy

　　8.A.so B.very C.too D.such

　　9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple

　　10.A.month B.day C.year D.century

　　11.A.a B.any C.the D.few

　　12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changed

　　13.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry

　　14.A.two B.a C.some D.their

　　15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived

　　16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy

　　17.A.for B.as C.to D.at

　　18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled

　　19.A.for B.at C.to D.by

　　20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued

　　Cloze Test 33

　　1.【答案】C

　　【解析】由于下文紧接着叙述到过去900年的有关情况。故应选history，才能与下文衔接。

　　2.【答案】B

　　【解析】根据句子意思判断。

　　3.【答案】A

　　【解析】应选neither才能与其后出现的nor构成并列连词neither…nor…。

　　4.【答案】D

　　【解析】根据句子意思判断。

　　5.【答案】D

　　【解析】需选一名词与前面的介词in构成介词短语，且这个短语在语意上要与前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故选D可以满足这个条件。

　　6.【答案】B

　　【解析】without serious question意为“没有严重的问题”。